Posted by Joe P in Discussion Topic: Smaller Ships vs. Larger Ships

Posted by Adam W. in Discussion Topic: Smaller Ships vs. Larger Ships

Posted by Vice Admiral Daniel Lerner (Personnel Director) in Discussion Topic: Smaller Ships vs. Larger Ships
Discussion Topic: Smaller Ships vs. Larger Ships

As you can see from the tie-breakers, small ships will generally have more likelihood in receiving a new member over a larger ship. (As an aside, a recent criticism I’ve received is that the PDept favours larger ships over smaller ships, but I really don’t see how the procedures allow for that.)

There’s certainly some pros vs. cons about this.

The criticisms that have come up are:

(1) Often larger ships are the healthier ships. While I’m not convinced this is the general case, there’s certainly something to be said that some smaller ships are small because they have more retention problems then other ships. I can say that there are some small ships we give new members to over and over again, with lots of turnover.

(2) Larger ships expose the new member to more posts, more members, and more RPG-ing.

So is there a right answer to this question? I don’t think we should remove the full department rule. But the first tie-breaker is fewest JOs in the department, and the third tie-breaker is fewest crew members all together. Is that the right balance?

Again, I would like to hear what others think before we think about changing this.

Daniel Lerner
Personnel Director

I don’t see a need for a change on this one.

Adam W.

Same.

Same

One point. You said this:

I can say that there are some small ships we give new members to over and over again, with lots of turnover.

If that’s happening, that should be taken as a problem with that particular ship, not with small ships in general. That shouldn’t allowed to reoccur.

Joe

Not everyone wants to be on a large ship. I find larger ships to be overwhelming in terms of posts and potential things to reply to.

As Joe says, the issue with turnover on particular ship/s is an issue with that particular ship, not ships with small crew sizes. Discussion with FComms/AFComms and/or CO/XO in question may be needed.

Russell